A second-order transition from a paramagnetic or ferromagnetic state to a spin-glass state in which spins from moment-bearing solute atoms become ordered randomly in a non-magnetic host such that the net magnetization of any region is zero.
Examples:
Au–Fe,
Cu–Mn
and
Mo–Fe
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 577
(Definitions of terms relating to phase transitions of the solid state (IUPAC Recommendations 1994))
on page 591
Transformed and rewritten from PDF version (entry
http://www.iupac.org/goldbook/S05867.pdf)
by: Miloslav Nic, Jiri Jirat, Bedrich Kosata, ICT Prague, Czech Republic
